Players · Best young Irish footballers
Nationality · IrelandBest young Irish footballers
The ScoutChefAI radar has 21 young Irish players with at least 90 minutes in the last 12 months, dual nationals included. They play in at least 11 leagues, led by Scottish Premiership (8 players), 2. Bundesliga (2) and Süper Lig (2). Ranked by ScoutChefAI score, the leaders are Hibernian FC's Owen Elding (77), Levski Sofia's Armstrong Oko-Flex (74) and VVV-Venlo's Éanna Clancy (68).
77
Owen Elding 
Age 20 · Striker · Hibernian FC 
Value up 4x in 12 months
21apps
1439mins
8+1G+A
€500Kvalue
74
Armstrong Oko-Flex
Age 24 · Left Winger · Levski Sofia 
Value up nearly 4x in 12 months
47apps
3026mins
12+8G+A
€1.5Mvalue
ÉC
68
Éanna Clancy
Age 22 · Centre-Back · VVV-Venlo 
Value up 4x in 12 months
28apps
2265mins
25starts
€200Kvalue
62
Killian Phillips 
Age 24 · Central Midfielder · St. Mirren FC
3 goals in his last 5 games
41apps
3533mins
6+1G+A
€1Mvalue
JD
56
Jacob Devaney
Age 19 · Central Midfielder · Hibernian FC
Started 17 of 19 games
19apps
1335mins
1+0G+A
€500Kvalue
50
Anselmo García MacNulty 
Age 23 · Centre-Back · 1.FC Magdeburg 
Started 36 of 36 games
36apps
3205mins
36starts
€1.5Mvalue
RI
50
Roland Idowu 
Age 24 · Central Midfielder · FC Botosani 
24-year-old Romanian SuperLiga player
31apps
1467mins
3+1G+A
€150Kvalue
TK
48
Trent Koné-Doherty
Age 20 · Left Winger · Molde FK 
A goal or assist every 61 minutes
20apps
676mins
9+2G+A
€800Kvalue
ME
46
Matteo Egan 
Age 18 · Right Midfielder · FC Empoli
Value up 30x since his first valuation
5apps
373mins
0+1G+A
€1.5Mvalue
GM
45
Gavin Molloy
Age 24 · Centre-Back · Aberdeen FC
24-year-old Scottish Premiership player
22apps
1308mins
13starts
€600Kvalue
SA
44
Sinclair Armstrong
Age 23 · Striker · Göztepe 
Senior debut at 15
42apps
1767mins
5+0G+A
€2.5Mvalue
TA
43
Tayo Adaramola
Age 22 · Left-Back · Cercle Brugge 
Started 23 of 27 games
27apps
1966mins
23starts
€800Kvalue
JH
39
Joe Hodge
Age 24 · Defensive Midfielder · Motherwell FC
24-year-old Scottish Premiership player
32apps
1904mins
1+1G+A
€700Kvalue
JM
32
Jack Moorhouse
20-year-old — player
13apps
614mins
0+1G+A
€100Kvalue
32
William Martin 
Age 19 · Attacking Midfielder · Odense Boldklub
Senior debut at 17
9apps
217mins
0+1G+A
€750Kvalue
CM
31
Cathal McCarthy
Age 20 · Centre-Back · Kilmarnock FC
Senior debut at 17
12apps
818mins
7starts
€500Kvalue
AM
22
Alex Murphy
Age 22 · Left-Back · 1.FC Kaiserslautern
Senior debut at 16
9apps
334mins
3starts
€1.5Mvalue
19
John Patrick
Age 23 · Central Midfielder · Stade Reims 
Senior debut at 17
21apps
896mins
0+0G+A
€800Kvalue
JG
17
Joe Gardner
Age 21 · Striker · Falkirk FC
21-year-old Scottish Premiership player
14apps
476mins
0+0G+A
€200Kvalue
16
Festy Ebosele
Age 24 · Right-Back · Erzurumspor FK
24-year-old Süper Lig player
17apps
492mins
5starts
€1.5Mvalue
BW
13
Bobby Wales
Age 21 · Striker · Dundee FC
Senior debut at 17
14apps
328mins
0+0G+A
€350Kvalue
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